Hello! Welcome to my second chapter! Not a ton to write about, I did that in Forever With You. Here are the reviews:

Strawberryair: I did Emma Lynn for you! :D

VerdiTheTrex: Thank You so much! I'm glad you like my idea. I don't know either about whether it's ripple puffs or fluffs, but I don't really care. I'll just let it be ripple puffs for now...

06KoolKid101: I'm glad you liked it! No, this is not the prequel to Dear Diary. It's a totally new story.

Story Time!

Emma Lynn's Surprise

I woke up to the 6 o'clock bell ringing. Time to start another day. Avia was stirring in her bed on the opposite wall. Although it was too dark to tell if she was awake. I slipped out of bed, and pulled on my uniform: A long black skirt and white blouse, white boots that came up to my knees, and a necklace. The necklace was special. Only Grace, Janette, Avia, Kaylana and I have one. We were brought to Crystal Cavern with them on. So we wear them everyday. It's like a friendship necklace to us. There is a intricately carved black swan linked to a silver chain. I noticed Avia pulling on her uniform behind me.

"Can you do my makeup, Emma Lynn?" Avia asked. I nodded. Quickly, I set to work, applying blush and mascara to Avia's face. I finished with a few sparkles dotting her cheeks. My own was done similar to Avia's. Except I used a different mascara to compliment my turquoise eyes. Avia has aquamarine eyes. When I finished, I set to work braiding my blonde ringlets. My friends said they liked my hair down, but it was easier to brush later if it was in braids all day. I glanced at our clock. 6:57. Avia was already ready and standing by the door. At exactly 7:00, it would swing open, and all the girls would file out into the hallway on their way to breakfast.

"Emma Lynn, come on!" Avia said outside the door. I grabbed my satchel and ran out the door. We caught up to Grace and Janette chatting outside of their room.

"Have you heard?" asked Grace, as we walked down the stairs.

"About what?" asked Avia.

"The other girls are whispering about Miss Trina making an announcement." Janette whispered. I blinked, confused. Miss Trina always made announcements.

"But she always makes announcements." Avia quipped, possibly reading my mind.

"This ones special!" Grace said, enthusiastically. Janette nodded. Kaylana found us and we repeated the conversation at breakfast. My oatmeal was always a bit too dry for my liking, so I gathered up a bit of moisture and flicked some water into my bowl. Now it tastes better. A bell rang at 7:30 and Miss Trina walked in, red curls bobbing up and down. She wore a plain purple dress and high black boots.

"Good morning girls!" Miss Trina exclaimed. We all chorused in unison a Good morning.

"Today, I have a special announcement to make, as you might already know. As of next Sunday, exactly a week from now, the Councilors will be visiting, along with the boys school, Rapid Falls. This week, we will focus on preparing the house for this upcoming event, and readying to meet with othera Elves." Miss Trina announced.Everyone gasped. I had never heard of such a thing. Well, I've heard of boys, but I haven't seen one. I don't remember ever doing this before.

Our classes were cut short, so we finished early. I was given the task of starting the fountains in the gardens. They haven't worked in years, but a Technopath named Averna is fixing them. I ran over to her.

"You can start with that one." She said, not even looking at me. I sighed, but walked over to a different fountain. It had three tiers, so I made the water drip in waves. At the bottom, I created lots of tiny bubbles. It should stay like that for a bit. I skipped over to the other fountains Averna told me to do. When we finished, the sun was setting. We hiked back up to the mansion, and went our separate ways. I glimpsed Grace and Kaylana talking in a corner. Suddenly, they dissapeared into thin air. I sighed and found Avia instead.

"Hey! What did you have to do for a chore?" asked Avia.

"Watering the fountains." I said. I gazed at the twinkling lights over head. Someone must have hung them up earlier.

"Like 'em? I hung them up myself." Avia asked. I nodded. So she was the culprit. Dinner came and went, then study time, then bed. I was just about to drift off to sleep, when Avia spoke.

"Emma Lynn?" Avia whispered.

"Mmmh, what?" I asked sleepily.

"Did you hear we're going to wear dresses? Like fancy dresses?" Avia asked.

"No. Is it true?" I asked, not-so-tired anymore. I've always enjoyed dressing up, but not too much. I don't like being the center of attention.

"I'm pretty sure. One of the older girls, Eline, says they did this 15 years ago. And they received ball gowns for the occasion." Avia said. I sighed dreamily. With girls dancing in fancy dresses, I fell asleep to those images.

I pried my eyes open, when I felt Avia shaking me.

"Wake up sleepy head! It's true! The dresses are here!" Avia exclaimed. Where my uniform usually hung, a long turquoise dress was there instead. There was a low back and crystals embedded along the hem and sleeves. I even received crystal clear heels. Not that I needed them. I am already 5, 9". At age 13. It's really cool, yet rather strange. My thoughts turned when I saw Avia's dress. Her aquamarine dress came to her knees and had crystal snowflakes along the neckline. I glimpsed her black swan necklace dangling from her neck.

"Wow. Em, that looks amazing on you!" Avia exclaimed. I blushed. Avia asked me to do her makeup, again. I did my usual routine except today, after Avia begged me, I left my hair down in my soft golden ringlets.

"Let's go!" Avia said, as the door opened.

Another preparation day had officially begun.